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Bahrain Victorious defend Fred Wright after Primoz Roglic accuses him of causing La Vuelta crash

Bahrain Victorious have defended their rider Fred Wright, rubbishing accusations he was at fault for the Stage 16 crash which ruled Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) out of La Vuelta. Roglic looked set to battle it out with Remco Evenepoel (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl) in the latter stages of the race, before the former collided with Wright towards the end of the stage. Ad Following his exit, Roglic pointed the blame at Wright for the “unacceptable” crash, a claim dismissed by Bahrain Victorious in a statement on Friday.

Denmark's Pedersen powers to sprint victory in Vuelta

Denmark's Mads Pedersen dominated a bunch sprint to win stage 19 of the Vuelta a Espana in style on Friday - his third victory at the race this year. Overall race leader Remco Evenepoel finished safely in the peloton to maintain his two minutes seven seconds advantage over Spaniard Enric Mas.

Roglic accuses Wright after Vuelta-ending crash

Primoz Roglic on Friday blamed rival Fred Wright for the crash that brought the Slovenian's hopes of taking the Vuelta lead to a bloodied early end.

Mads Pedersen lands hat-trick as Fred Wright falls just short on Stage 19 at La Vuelta

Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo) ensured that Stage 19 stuck to the script by winning from a reduced bunch sprint in the streets of Talavera de la Reina on a day where La Vuelta paid tribute to the late Queen Elizabeth II. Fred Wright (Bahrain Victorious) took second place and fellow Briton Ben Turner (Ineos Grenadiers) took fourth place in the short but sharp 138.3km stage in central Spain, which was preceded by a minute’s silence to commemorate the Queen.

Primoz Roglic blames Fred Wright for causing 'unacceptable' crash at La Vuelta Espana 2022

Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) has blamed Fred Wright (Bahrain Victorious) for the crash that ended his Vuelta. The Slovenian was involved in a bizarre crash after colliding with Wright at the end of Tuesday’s Stage 17 as he fought for victory and bonus seconds. Ad Roglic had led a select group of five riders into the home straight as he sought to gain time on Remco Evenepoel (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl) in the red jersey, but hit the deck as his speedier rivals swept past.

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Bahrain Victorious defend Fred Wright after Primoz Roglic accuses him of causing La Vuelta crash

Denmark's Pedersen powers to sprint victory in Vuelta

Roglic accuses Wright after Vuelta-ending crash

Mads Pedersen lands hat-trick as Fred Wright falls just short on Stage 19 at La Vuelta

Primoz Roglic blames Fred Wright for causing 'unacceptable' crash at La Vuelta Espana 2022

Brits and Ineos Grenadiers riders lead minute’s silence for Queen Elizabeth II at La Vuelta

Colombia’s Uran soars to Vuelta stage triumph as injured Roglic quits race

Crash ends Primoz Roglic's Vuelta a Espana title defence